During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871: The Birth of Red Cross Solidarity

In: International review of the Red Cross: humanitarian debate, law, policy, action, Band 10, Heft 117, S. 663-685

Abstract

1870–1871: the Franco-Prussian war! A terrible event which shook all Europe; the slaughter of battle, blood, suffering, hundreds of thousands of prisoners, privation both for civilian populations and the military forces—horrors which, nevertheless, gave rise to an entirely new phenomenon of capital importance in the history of humanity. It was a war which marked the beginning of the great universal movement of Red Cross solidarity.